diff --git a/gitlab/v4/objects/users.py b/gitlab/v4/objects/users.py
index dec0b375d..40455ade6 100644
--- a/gitlab/v4/objects/users.py
+++ b/gitlab/v4/objects/users.py
@@ -440,8 +440,10 @@ class UserManager(CRUDMixin[User]):
         )
     )
     _update_attrs = RequiredOptional(
-        required=("email", "username", "name"),
         optional=(
+            "email",
+            "username",
+            "name",
             "password",
             "skype",
             "linkedin",
@@ -462,7 +464,7 @@ class UserManager(CRUDMixin[User]):
             "private_profile",
             "color_scheme_id",
             "theme_id",
-        ),
+        )
     )
     _types = {"confirm": types.LowercaseStringAttribute, "avatar": types.ImageAttribute}